Kaspersky lost business after a sustained attack by major American newspapers

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    Kaspersky lost its business with the US public sector a few years ago after a sustained attack by major American newspapers, claiming it was leaking data to Russian intelligence services, a claim the company strongly denied. Since then the firm has cut back operations in that country and set up so-called transparency centres where companies can sign up to look at the source code of its products.  <<<

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